Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, K. Eason
Nightwatch on the Hinterlands, K. Eason
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Nightwatch on the Hinterlands

Author: K. Eason

Narrator: Nicole Poole

Unabridged: 12 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/08/2022


Synopsis

Set in the universe of Rory Thorne, this new sci-fi mystery follows an unlikely duo who must discover the motive behind an unusual murder.

THE TEMPLAR: When Lieutenant Iari hears screams in the night, she expects to interrupt a robbery or break up a fight. Instead she discovers a murder with an impossible suspect: a riev, one of the battle-mecha decommissioned after the end of the last conflict, repurposed for manual labor. Riev don't kill people. And yet, clearly, one has. Iari sets out to find it.

THE SPY: Officially, Gaer is an ambassador from the vakari. Unofficially, he's also a spy, sending information back to his government, unfiltered by diplomatic channels. Unlike Iari, Gaer isn't so sure the riev's behavior is just a malfunction, since the riev were created using an unstable mixture of alchemy and arithmancy.

As Gaer and Iari search for the truth, they discover that the murderous riev is just a weapon in the hands of a wielder with wider ambitions than homicide—including releasing horrors not seen since the war, that make a rampaging riev seem insignificant . . .

About K. Eason

K. Eason is a lecturer at the University of California, Irvine, where she and her composition students tackle important topics such as the zombie apocalypse, the humanity of cyborgs, and whether or not Beowulf is a good guy. Her publications include the On the Bones of Gods fantasy series, and she has had short fiction published in Cabinet-des-Fees, Jabberwocky 4, Crossed Genres, and Kaleidotrope.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elena on December 06, 2022

Stars: 5 out of 5. Do you have those rare occasions when a book just "click" with you? That you get so immersed in it that you love every single moment. And even if you can see some flaws, they don't distract you from the pure joy of reading it? Well, that's what happened to me with Nightwatch on the......more

Goodreads review by Tammy on November 08, 2021

The nitty-gritty: A complex world full of fascinating characters, Nightwatch on the Hinterlands is an excellent start to a new science fiction series. I was so excited when this book was announced, a story set in K. Eason’s Rory Thorne universe but far in the future with different characters. And wow......more

Goodreads review by Ola on November 23, 2021

8/10 stars My full review on my blog. An opening to a new series set in the Rory Thorne universe, Nightwatch on the Hinterlands is a fast-paced SF noir mystery inspired by WH40K and D&D, featuring a duo of unlikely allies embroiled in a conflict that starts small but grows exponentially – and quite sa......more

Goodreads review by Aristotle on January 24, 2022

A Templar and a Vakari walk into a bar "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley spaceport. We must be cautious." Two non humans are sitting in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina enjoying a drink and the local music when they hear screaming outside. They set off to invest......more

Goodreads review by Runalong on June 07, 2022

It’s a story fond of explaining everything quite regularly and lost me in making me care about the story......more